Lighting up the night
February 24, 2016
In its second year back on the Diamond Bar High School schedule, the Sadie Hawkins dance will once again break traditional gender roles by relieving the pressure on boys to ask girls to dances and give females a chance to experience it for themselves.
Junior USB spirit directors Ari Muramoto and Mason Soldridge selected for this year’s theme, “DB Zoo Lights,” based on the currently popular date spot, the L.A. Zoo Lights. The dance will be held on March 11.
“We thought it’d be fun to incorporate something trending right now. You can dress up as matching couple clothes, which is what usually kind of what Sadies is, or you can dress up with a cute animal theme with your date,” Muramoto said.
The USB members plan on filling the gym with twinkling lights to mimic the zoo’s whimsical atmosphere as closely as possible, and hope to have many activities available throughout the night, such as carnival game booths, face painting, spray paint tattoos, and photo booths.
Although long lines for many activities posed a problem for many attendees last year, this year Muramoto and Soldridge plan to cut down on the wait times for lines by having multiple booths available for each activity.
“We’re going to try to make sure that there’s something for everybody,” Muramoto said.
However, the number of activities and the several companies that are involved in the dance are causing difficulties, along with the limited time the USB members have to complete the plans. Muramoto and Soldridge are working with a strict timeline of deadlines for each aspect of the dance.
“Right now, it’s a little bit difficult getting in touch with different companies and have them call us back as soon as possible because we’re on a time crunch right now, and so communication is a little bit difficult as it’s upcoming,” Muramoto said.
The dance will be held in the gym from 7-10 p.m. Tickets will be sold for $15 with an activity card, and $20 without during pre-sale, and $20 with an activity card and $25 dollars without during regular sale.
